EPA Publishes ‘Interim’ PIP Deadline Extension

EPA is set to publish its rule extending the TSCA deadline for phasing out the widely used chemical phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1), or PIP (3:1), starting the clock for potential legal challenges even as the agency says it is preparing to propose an even longer-term delay in implementing its rule. A notice codifying the “interim rule” is slated to appear in the Sept. 17 Federal Register , two weeks after EPA posted it online -- just a day before the...